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Canadian provinces

Canada has 10 provinces and 3 territories.
The provinces of Canada;

1. British Columbia:
British Columbia is Canada's western most province. The province is bordered by the west by the pacific ocean and the American state of Alaska. It is bordered to the North by the Canadian Northern territory and Yukon. To the east it shares a border with the Canadian province of Alberta. To the south it shares border with the American states of Washington, Idaho and Montana.
The capital city is Victoria, but the most populous city is Vancouver. British Columbia has an average population of 5million (2018 census).
The major industries in British Columbia are:
1. Railway and sea cargo terminus
2. Tourism
3. Real estate
4. Movie production
5. Resource extraction and mining

2. Alberta:
Alberta is one of the western provinces of Canada. It shares border with British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, Northwestern territories to the north and the American state of Montana to the south. Alberta is one of the 3 Canadian prairie (grassland) provinces, the estimated population is 4million (2018 census). The capital city is Edmonton while the largest city is Calgary.
The major industries in Alberta are:
1. Oil and gas (which is the biggest in the whole of Canada)
2. Agriculture
3. Tourism (most notable of which is the Calgary stampede)

3. Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is one of the 3 prairie provinces. Its majorly prairie to the south and boreal to the north, so the population of the province is dense in the south leaving the north sparsely populated.
Saskatchewan has very severe winters in the north and very warm summers in the south.
The 2016 estimated population of Saskatchewan is 1.1million. Its largest city is Saskatoon and its capital city is Regina.
The major industries in Saskatchewan is
1. Agriculture
2. Mining
3. Energy

4. Manitoba
5. Ontario
6. Quebec
7. Newfoundland and Labrador
8. New Brunswick
9.Nova Scotia
10.Prince Edward Island

The territories of Canada:
1.Yukon
2.North west territories
3. Nunavut

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